Terms Used In Alabama Code 32-2-41

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1

Reserve state troopers serving with the Alabama state troopers shall at all times serve under the direction and supervision of the Director of the Department of Public Safety and/or members of the Alabama state troopers. State trooper reserves, while serving under the supervision and direction of the director or a member of the Alabama state troopers, shall have the same protection and immunities afforded regularly employed state troopers, which shall be recognized by all courts having jurisdiction over offenses against the laws of this state.